Catalyst On Ubuntu 14.04 Linux Competes Well With Windows 8.1
Similar to the NVIDIA Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Windows 8.1 OpenGL results shared earlier this week, the AMD Catalyst driver on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux also shows its strength compared to Windows 8.1 (updated) when running the same Catalyst driver release stream. The Ubuntu OpenGL results for the eight graphics cards were faster in several of the tests but in GpuTest and other select workloads, the AMD Windows driver was faster.
While the Catalyst driver tends to be widely criticized by Linux gamers and enthusiasts, these OpenGL results are quite positive compared to the Catalyst driver on Windows with its current level of OpenGL support. In the coming days will be more Catalyst Linux tests, including with the use of some Valve Source Engine titles. If you appreciate all of this benchmarking please subscribe to Phoronix Premium (especially in cases of AMD Linux testing where I end up having to generally buy the graphics cards as opposed to the plentiful review samples received from NVIDIA and Intel...) to support the site while you gain access to ad-free viewing, the ability to view multi-page articles (such as this one) on a single page, etc.
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